Although ascetics long have experimented with uncooked food as a path to spirituality and long life, a new generation of chefs is winning a wider audience with dishes that are as much about flavor as health. In the hands of culinary luminaries such as Charlie Trotter, the raw food diet is being transformed from regimen to cuisine with blenders, juicers and dehydrators.
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